Translation of "Verbindliche antwort" in English

I should like a definite answer to the following question.

I simply ask for an authoritative answer - yes or no.

I've spoken to Jeff Surrett about it, but he'll never give me an answer.

I'll let you know as soon as I have a firm answer.

Having made these general observations I should like now to deal with a few specific points.

A binding, definitive answer does not turn up.

Here, too, there can be no purely objective, let alone binding answer.

It is virtually impossible to give a binding answer without specific details.

We would like the Commission to keep up the pressure on Chile and I should be grateful if the Commissioner would give me a categorical response to that question.

There must therefore be a clear, specific and committed answer from the Council which must take the responsibility to convert what was said into action. Only in this way will Parliament be able to play the role which everyone agrees it must play.

There is no certain answer to this, just as there is no certain answer to how we should approach this area.

That is why I have tabled an amendment giving the Commission six weeks to give a full, authoritative and written answer to this House.

If the family earns three strikes, their opponents are given one chance to steal the points for the round by guessing any still-concealed answer; failing to do so awards the points to the family that originally had control.

Mr President, may I start by saying that I would like to thank Commissioner Palacio very much for her clear, adequate and, at the same time, very firm response.

With regard to the proposal on enriching uranium abroad, too, we have only heard intimations from Tehran but no binding response to the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna.

I do not expect a binding answer - assumably there will be no tests available at the moment - only if these new drugs could have theoretically an effect in this respect.

The appropriate way to receive an authoritative answer to this question is for the Council to request the International Court of Justice to give an advisory opinion on the question in accordance with article 96 of the UN Charter.

In effect, ethics leads to a God who calls for a committed response which is outside the categories of the marketplace.

The scope of this present document is simply to provide a clear, authoritative response to the many pressing requests which have come to our Dicasteries from Bishops, Priests and Laity seeking clarification in the light of specific cases of new forms of "pastoral activity" of the non-ordained on both parochial and diocesan levels.

Furthermore, Commission officials sometimes provide oral answers and tell us that written answers will follow, yet we cannot give a full and binding answer to petitioners on the basis of an oral answer.